The Great Oasis
Pottery Brings Change
Burial Mounds
Iowans Begin Raising Food
Iowans Give Up Nomad Life
Great Oasis House
Techniques of Pottery Manufacture
Great Oasis Sites
Great Oasis Floor Plan
Great Oasis Pottery Shard
Shell Crosses
Cache Pit
Shell Crosses
Time Frame: 900
Shell crosses found at the West Des Moines Burial site.
Illustrated by Mary Slattery, Will Thomson, and David Crawford
Office of the State Archaeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 4 – Great Oasis
Office of the State Archaeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 4 – Great Oasis
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